33Monastery of Santa María de Armenteira

Meis · Galicia

A Cistercian monastery founded, according to legend, by the knight Ero, protagonist of the marvel of the bird whose song made three hundred years pass like an instant. A Romanesque church with a beautiful rose window, today home to a Cistercian community.

Chronology and style

Founded in 1149 · Cistercian · Romanesque

Ways and routes

SPIRITUAL VARIANT OF THE PORTUGUESE WAY